Advancing the modeling in particle therapy: From track structure to treatment planning

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-176

  Walzlein C ^a,b   Kramer M ^a   Scifoni, E ^a   Durante, M ^a,b  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elastic scattering of ions; Electron excitation; Gold nanoparticles; Low energy electrons; Track structure; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EXCITATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; TRACK STRUCTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ELECTRONS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES;

ELASTIC SCATTERING;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ELASTIC SCATTERING OF IONS; ELECTRON EXCITATION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRONS; TRACK STRUCTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 84889096971     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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